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Some well known reactions can be used to illustrate that symmetry breaking chemical instabilities may be important in biological systems.
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PRIGOGINE, I., LEFEVER, R., GOLDBETER, A. et al. Symmetry Breaking Instabilities in Biological Systems. Nature 223, 913–916 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223913a0
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